Even though the frame is not final, we’ve gone as far as we can on it without me
freaking-out to see how the rest of the bike is going to flow. So, this chapter
we get started on wheels (with built-in brakes) and tires, fill in time by
integrating an antique/junk taillight into a scratch-fabbed license plate frame,
and dive ass-first into a full-blown narrow springer build.

…and a way to hold the bike on hills with your left foot holdin’ in da’ suicide
and your right foot keeping ya’ from fallin’ over. Plus, big savings over having
to buy a separate juice brake system.

Here’s a look at the working insides of the brake. Notice the lever is in the
“relaxed” position and that the cam that drives the pads is in the vertical
position.

And, with the lever in the “pulled” position, see that the cam has rotated to
horizontal and expanded the radius of the pads so that it would create friction
on the drum. …Simple and free of liquids – as God intended.
In a later chapter of the build we will show how the system is anchored in place
and cabled to work. Here’s a picture of the entire front wheel and tire package
(available on the site – as usual) to be used on this build. Of course, it
includes the Avon Speedmaster (Are there other chopper front tires?). Also shown
is the brake lever, non-juice cable, anchor, and - going way, way back – a 5/8”
x 9” pike-nutted axle.